useless vs vegetative

useless

adj
  • Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting. 

  • Without use or possibility to be used. 

  • Good-for-nothing; not dependable. 

  • Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action). 

vegetative

adj
  • Physically inactive. 

  • Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts. 

  • Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction. 

  • Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. 

How often have the words useless and vegetative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )